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Enneagram

Enneagram

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A system that divides people into nine personality types to help them understand themselves
  • noun
  • /ˈɛnɪəˌɡræm/
: eneagrama
  • Through the Enneagram, many people explore their strengths and weaknesses to improve their relationships.

I would go very quickly to which Enneagram type is he?

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Examples

  • I test pretty consistently as an Enneagram type 6.

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  • I took the Enneagram test from here and the Myers-Briggs test from here... as such, I figure that those would provide a common baseline for all of us.

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  • This may be because I am apparently a textbook example of Enneagram Type 1.

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  • The Enneagram framework can help us explain and understand the stimulus for your daughter's maladaptive behavior.

  • I am a number 3 on the Enneagram, that fine and immensely helpful system of self-knowledge, and number 3s, in their quest for success, avoid failure like the plague.

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  • Using the Enneagram, she identified her personality type and began to work on personal growth.

  • The Enneagram categorizes individuals into nine distinct personality types, each with unique characteristics.

Surface Forms

Enneagram singular
Enneagrams plural

Morphology

Enneagram = ennea + gram

The word is built from Greek combining forms meaning 'nine' (ennea-) and 'written/figure' (-gram), so the components relate to the sense, but these combining forms are not familiar productive English morphemes for an average learner, making the relation only partially accessible.

Etymology

Enneagram comes from Greek parts ennea 'nine' and gram 'drawing', the same gram you see in diagram. So, an Enneagram is like a 'nine-drawing', a nine-point picture used to show nine linked personality types.